Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2022

Rio Tinto lithium mining license revoked in Serbia. The Serbian government has revoked Rio Tinto's lithium exploration licenses in the Eastern European country after major protests against the mining giant's proposed activities erupted over environmental concerns, according to reports. It is not a hydrogen production facility.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2024

Funding American Battery Technology Company —a startup with technologies for lithium-ion battery recycling, battery-metal extraction, and primary mineral resource development—was awarded $60M in tax credits to accelerate the construction of its next-generation battery recycling facility.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

India boosts green hydrogen ambitions, World Bank eyes new climate focus, France curbs domestic flights, and all the top green business news from around the world this week. India prepares $2.2bn boost for local green hydrogen industry. Reuters notes that green hydrogen currently costs around 300-400 rupees per kilogram - or $3.60-4.80/kg

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

For every car on our roads to be zero emission by 2050, just under double the current total annual world cobalt production, 75% of the world’s lithium production and at least 50% of the world’s copper production would be required. Lithium mining. Lithium extraction in salt flats in Bolivia uses millions of litres of water.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 14, 2021

Two vessels - a newbuild from Lenten Scheepvaart which is yet to be named and ‘the Maas’ - both claim to become ‘the first hydrogen inland vessel’ in Rotterdam. High costs and high gains, these insights might help you on your hydrogen journey. The race is on for the first hydrogen-powered inland vessel in Rotterdam!

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 14, 2021

Two vessels - a newbuild from Lenten Scheepvaart which is yet to be named and ‘the Maas’ - both claim to become ‘the first hydrogen inland vessel’ in Rotterdam. High costs and high gains, these insights might help you on your hydrogen journey. The race is on for the first hydrogen-powered inland vessel in Rotterdam!

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

A new advance opening the way for Mg-ion batteries, protections for birds around networks, Enel Green Power’s Sicily hydrogen lab and a plan to power Bitcoin mining with methane from landfills are in the technology radar. Out with lithium, in with magnesium. Sicily hydrogen innovation lab. Now with funding of $4.3

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Osmoses raised an $11M seed funding round to bring its molecule-scale membranes to the hydrogen market. Syzygy Plasmonics and Greentown partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed an investment agreement. Element Resources signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to develop hydrogen economy infrastructure in Lancaster, CA.

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The Verge: Energy

MARCH 27, 2024

Photo by Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A new study finds that Bitcoin mining paired with green hydrogen could help speed up a transition to clean energy — an eyebrow-raising claim, considering strong evidence that the cryptocurrency is a big polluter. The authors call hydrogen and Bitcoin “energy carriers.”

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nigel Topping and Gonzalo Munoz, UNFCCC High Level Champions for Global Climate Action, and Kieran Coleman also of the COP26 HLC, explain why a green hydrogen 'moonshot' could accelerate net zero. Green hydrogen is one such solution ready for global collective action. It takes focus to deliver this kind of positive disruption.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Department of Energy’s Kate Gordon provided an overview of resources available through the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and CHIPS & Science Act – the “backbone, lungs and brains” of the clean energy transition. The soon-to-close Centralia coal power station can be seen at left rear.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Heather Clancy reveals how her biggest 'geek out' moment at COP26 came courtesy of a hydrogen train. The cells run on green hydrogen, supplied by a British startup, and the interior is a model of circularity, including recycled seat frames and covers. So far, Porterbrook has invested more than $10m in the initiative.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

billion UKRI research council R&D investment in five of the central green economy technology areas – nuclear, renewables, hydrogen and clean fuels, energy storage and carbon capture, usage and storage – has been for research topics classed by the IOP as ‘core physics’ and ‘strongly physics’.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

Increased investment in bus travel across England is "essential" to driving the economic recovery from Covid-19, boosting community connectivity and slashing transport emissions, fresh research published today by Greener Journeys argues. Moreover, every £1 invested in bus travel would generate £4.48

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 11, 2020

Chief among them are the less-predictable nature of wind energy than solar, and the fact that storage plants paired (and charged) with solar are eligible for the investment tax credit. “The gap to fill with lithium is perhaps interesting. ” Hydrogen on the horizon. than solar ones.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

million in funding for five long-duration energy storage projects and made another $17 million available for projects that advance development of long-duration energy storage technologies, including hydrogen. New York awarded $16.6 The state’s larger goal is to install 3,000MW of energy storage by 2030 to help integrate renewables.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

JANUARY 5, 2024

It is capping carbon emissions while investing in clean energy, clean transportation and climate-resilience projects in communities across Washington state. “It It is capping carbon emissions while investing in clean energy, clean transportation and climate-resilience projects in communities across Washington state.

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Charged

MARCH 22, 2022

The Stuttgart-based automaker has invested a cool billion bucks in Bammy to convert production lines to its EVA2 platform and build the battery assembly plant. Forklifts are powered by hydrogen. The new plant will not be manufacturing cells, but rather assembling purchased cells into packs for the EQE and EQS.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Closed loop geothermal systems can enhance industrial applications including high-value lithium extraction and hydrogen production, while lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Corporate carbon footprint tracking collects $27M, and forestry and battery interests intersect to invest $18M toward bio-graphite for lithium-ion cells. 🔋 Green Li-ion , a Singapore, Singapore-based lithium-ion battery recycling platform, raised $4M from Twin Towers Ventures. Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In an ambitious move toward a greener future, California has made a significant expansion to its order of hydrogen-powered FLIRT H2 trains, reflecting its commitment to sustainability and innovation in transportation.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Funding Ohmium , a green hydrogen company, raised a $250M Series C for its proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer technology. Ambient Fuels , a developer of green hydrogen projects, received an investment from Generate Capital and an agreement from the company to fund up to $250M of green-hydrogen infrastructure.

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CleanTech San Diego

AUGUST 1, 2022

ROI : The SCEIN program continues to achieve a more than 50-fold return on investment on the CEC grant funding. With the addition of HNO Hydrogen Generators , Limelight Steel , Harvest Thermal , and VECKTA , total employment by SCEIN companies is up to 629 jobs. Share this.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 22, 2021

Or for that matter, EVs would be the next big thing thanks to the mass production of lithium-ion batteries. It is in fact, a new technology that aims to convert electricity into three different areas- synthetic fuels, heat energy, and hydrogen. Many homes have started investing in appliances like solar air conditioners.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Another indicator is venture capital investments. In 2022 VC investments in 2022 were 42% up on 2021, but, except for batteries, the EU has still not fully unlocked its capacity to attract higher growth deals as the US and China have done. An action plan is being prepared to accelerate the deployment of heat pumps.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Long duration storage needs more investment in UK, clean tech players say Long duration energy storage – 1.5-2.5TW As an example, it refers to helping to reduce curtailment of Scottish wind generation, which could reach almost 30GW by 2035 and 45GW by 2050. Have you read? 2.5TW by 2040.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 26, 2023

The billions of clean energy investments in Canada’s recent budget was spurred by the half a trillion dollars delivered in the U.S.’s And given the province’s role as a leading hydrogen producer, it’s no surprise that clean hydrogen production in Alberta would grow 39 per cent a year out to 2050.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The £65m has been earmarked for the world's first large scale Industry Transition Programme, which is being led by the World Bank's Climate Investment Funds and aims to support emissions reduction projects from energy-intensive industries in developing economies such as India and Indonesia.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

for Northvolt to build energy storage, $100M for direct lithium extraction, and $60M for heat batteries. Deals of the Week (8/14-8/27) Venture Fundings 🔋 Northvolt , a Stockholm, Sweden-based lithium-ion batteries from recycled materials producer, raised $1.2B Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Automakers can earn credits by bringing battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles into the Canadian market; by purchasing credits from other automakers that surpassed their own targets in a given year; or by investing in public charging infrastructure.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

American Battery Technology Company was awarded a $57M Department of Energy grant to build a $115M, first-of-kind commercial-scale facility to manufacture battery-grade lithium hydroxide from Nevada-based sedimentary resources. Raise Green , a marketplace for impact investing in climate solutions, closed a $1.2M seed round. seed round.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 29, 2021

But solar panels and electric car batteries need lithium , cobalt, nickel and other scarce raw materials. The European Investment Bank is tipped to drive the financing of the Green Deal. Neither do the EU’s ‘cohesion’ and ‘just transition’ funds exclude fossil fuel investments. 2) It’s built on ‘green colonialism’.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds. In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

  In August, a company called Lithium Americas logged what it expects could be a discovery of one of the world’s largest lithium repositories on the Nevada-Oregon border. Volkswagen ran the same playbook in July with a $700M investment in Xpeng. 

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

That projection is partially enabled by lithium-ion battery pack prices that are forecast to further decline by more than half over the next decade. trillion invested in new power capacity. Around $2 trillion or 13% is invested by households and businesses. Asia Pacific attracts 45% of all new capital.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

The government has today announced fresh funding for the green transport sector, providing a multi-million pound boost to support the switch to zero emission bus fleets and accelerate the development of innovative battery and hydrogen technologies. Meanwhile, the government-backed Faraday Institution announced it had secured £22.6m

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 12, 2022

The basis for the initiative is the belief that liquid electrolyte lithium batteries are reaching a state of maturity and that the next technological breakthrough required to unlock the true potential of energy storage must come from the solid state with its potential to provide an increased energy density.

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